Collapsible fabric-holder.



W. W. WOODRUFF. COLLAPSIBLE FABRIC HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. e.1915.

Patented July 25, 1916.

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WILLIAM W. WOODRUFF, OF ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 BROWN &BAILEY COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAPSIBLE FABRIC-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. Wooonurr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ardmore, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Collapsible Fabric-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improved means of simple, convenient andinexpensive character for use in supporting and protecting silk andother light or fragile fabrics, and it comprises, in its preferred form,a paper board blank of such character that it can be stamped to formpermitting the ends to be turned back and engaged to the body to providea form having rounded ends or end loops on which fabrics can be foldedand retained so that creasing and crumpling are avoided.

The blanks are adapted to be stacked flat so that they can be shippedand used conveniently.

The construction is characterized not only by its simplicity and economyof production, but also by the facility with which it can be handled,erected and utilized as a support for fabric folded thereon, retainedthereby and protected in handling or shipthe device being peculiarlyadapted for receiving and holding the quantities of material usuallysold at retail and heretofore delivered unfolded, with resultantexcessively long packages, or in forms permitting objectionable creasingand crumpling of the material.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a blank made in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the erected device;Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section taken through the erectedconstruction shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4: represents an end view of apackage of goods having the retaining form disposed therein.

The device, in the form thereof illustrated in the drawings, comprises ablank sheet of material having the flat median or body portion 1containing the symmetrically disposed transverse slots 2, and ends 3provided with the oppositely extending tongues l adapted to enter theslots, the end tongues or bear- Gopies of this patent may be obtainedfor ings 5 adapted to bear on the body on either side ofthe respectiveslots, and the intermediate sections 6 provided with the transversescores or creases 7. The form is erected by bending the ends 3 back andentering the tongues a in the slots 2, so that the tongues 5 bear uponthe body 1, the creases 7 facilitating the symmetrical bending of thesections 6 and the formation of the end loops 8 of the erected form.

The device being erected from theform shown in Fig. 1 to that shown inFig. 2 having a flat body with looped ends, silk or other fragile fabric9 may, after being folded longitudinally, be folded transversely thereonso that it can be conveniently handled and shipped without injury, theloops preventing sharp bends and consequent creasing of the material.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a blank having a bodyprovided with slots, ends provided with tongues adapted to enter saidslots, and sections intermediate of said slots and tongues, saidsections being adapted for bending.

2. In a device of the character described, a paper board blank having aflat intermediate section with engaging means at limits thereof and endsadapted to be bent to the form of loops, said ends having engaging meansadapted to interlock with said engaging means first named and hold saidends in their looped relation, said blank being adapted for providing acollapsible fabric holder having a plain intermediate body with loops atthe extremities thereof.

3. In a device of the character described, a sheet having endsrespectively provided with tongues and bearings, said sheet containingslots adapted for receiving said tongues.

4. In a device of the character described, a body provided withtransverse slots, ends provided with tongues adapted to enter said slotsand bearings adapted to engage said body and bent sections disposedbetween the respective slots and tongues.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name this 29th day ofSeptember, 1915.

. WILLIAM W. WOODRUFF.

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Washington, D. G.

